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Subject | • | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | [X] | | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
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| | • | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. |
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| | • | Allen family. |
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| | • | Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 |
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| | • | Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. |
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| | • | Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. |
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| | • | Carter, Lorenzo, 1767-1814. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Clarke, James S. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Court records -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County. |
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| | • | Court records -- Connecticut -- New London County. |
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| | • | Court records -- Ohio -- Geauga County. |
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| | • | Customs administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio -- Huron County. |
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| | • | Eldredge, William. |
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| | • | Erie Bank of Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Land titles -- Ohio -- Huron County. |
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| | • | Land value taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Lighthouses -- Ohio -- Fairport. |
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| | • | Long family. |
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| | • | Long, David, 1787-1851. |
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| | • | Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. |
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| | • | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Merchants -- Connecticut -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | Millikin family. |
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| | • | Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. |
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| | • | Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. |
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| | • | Nash family. |
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| | • | Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. |
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| | • | Northwest, Old -- History. |
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| | • | Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. |
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| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Postal service -- Ohio -- Painesville. |
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| | • | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Huron County. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Severance family. |
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| | • | Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. |
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| | • | Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. |
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| | • | Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. |
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| | • | Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. |
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| | • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. |
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| | • | Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857. |
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| | • | Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. |
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| | • | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
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| | • | Voyages and travels. |
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| | • | Voyages around the world. |
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| | • | Walworth family. |
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| | • | Walworth, Ashbel W., 1790-1844. |
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| | • | Wells College. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women college graduates -- Correspondence. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | William Eldredge Papers
| | | | Creator: | Eldredge, William | | | | Dates: | 1798-1832 | | | | Abstract: | William Eldredge was a merchant of New London, Connecticut, and land owner in Huron County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence and travel journals, together with deeds, lists of proprietors, and lists of land for sale in the towns of Eldredge and Huron, Huron County, Ohio. Correspondents include John Walworth of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 0870 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Eldredge, William. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Merchants -- Connecticut -- Correspondence. | Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Huron County. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Huron County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Huron County. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Manuscripts Relating to the Early History of the Connecticut Western Reserve
| | | | Creator: | Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | 1764-1874 | | | | Abstract: | The Connecticut Western Reserve was the area of northeast Ohio that Connecticut had reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding all western land claims to the U.S. government. The area comprised all land south of Lake Erie to 41' latitude and within 120 miles of Pennsylvania's western border. The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was authorized by Connecticut to purchase and resell most of the Western Reserve, and received title to all Reserve land except for the 500,000-acre Firelands on the extreme west which was reserved for Connecticut victims whose lands were burned by the British in the Revolution. Gen. Moses Cleaveland, a company director and its general agent, led the first company survey party to the Reserve in 1796 and founded the settlement of Cleveland at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The collection consists of records of the Connecticut Land Company, including articles of association, proceedings, reports, minutes, accounts, records of drafts, and other papers, 1795-1827; land surveys, field notes, and plats of early Western Reserve surveyors, 1796-1815; journals and diaries of early residents, 1765-1807; correspondence; newspaper clippings; statements in response to John Barr and others soliciting information on the early history of Cleveland and the Western Reserve; writings of Charles Whittlesey on topics such as the 1797 surveying party, local town histories, history of the Northwest Territory; biographical sketches of early settlers, including Lorenzo Carter, Simon Perkins, Abraham and Benjamin Tappan, and John Walworth; and miscellaneous papers relating to the early history of Cleveland and the Western Reserve, including John Heckewelder's description of northeast Ohio, 1796. Many of the documents in the collection are transcripts of items collected by John Barr and Charles Whittlesey 1840-1860. Also included in the register are two appendices. Appendix I is an alphabetical list by township of land surveys and plats contained in the collection. Appendix II is a conversion chart listing old and new citations to containers and folder numbers within the collection. | | | | Call #: | MS 0001 | | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Carter, Lorenzo, 1767-1814. | Clarke, James S. | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. | Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. | Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Connecticut Land Company. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Northwest, Old -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Walworth Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walworth Family | | | | Dates: | 1774-1884 | | | | Abstract: | The Walworth family was one of the most influential families in the early history of the Western Reserve of Ohio. John Walworth and his family settled in Painesville, Ohio, in 1800. While there, he served as a deputy postmaster, justice of the peace, and judge. In 1806, the family moved to Cleveland to facilitate John Walworth's posts as Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Cuyahoga and Collector for the District of Erie. He also served as a judge in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas and as postmaster of Cleveland. His son, Ashbel W. Walworth, assumed many of his father's business responsibilities and official posts, including postmaster and collector of customs at Cleveland. He was treasurer for the Corporation of the Village of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Civilization Society. His son, John Walworth, continued his business interests in Cleveland. Several brothers of Ashbel W. Walworth, including J.P. (John Periander) Walworth, moved to the southern United States and established a branch of the family along the southern Mississippi River. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal records, official documents, architectural drawings and various ephemera. Contains detailed correspondence concerning land transactions for the Connecticut Land Company; records of the post offices of Painesville, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio; records of the Port of Cuyahoga; records of the Circuit Court of Geauga County, Ohio, Corporation of the Village of Cleveland, and the Cleveland School House; records of the Cleveland Branch of the Erie Bank of Pennsylvania; land valuations and tax lists for Cleveland and the Fire Lands; and legal records of Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New London County, Connecticut. Correspondents include William Eldredge, Frederick Miner, Gideon Granger, Calvin Pease, Samuel Huntington, David Abbott, Nathaniel Ledyard, Lewis Cass, Oliver Phelps, Charles P. Barnum, Lewis Morgan, and Oliver Forward. A calendar of correspondents is included in the register to the collection. Insight into the social relations of the Walworths and their relations, including the Dunlap, Beattie, Strickland, Keyes, Wren, and Avery families, is seen through the correspondence between the women in the Walworth family. | | | | Call #: | MS 1901 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Walworth family. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Walworth, Ashbel W., 1790-1844. | Connecticut Land Company. | Erie Bank of Pennsylvania. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Customs administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land value taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Lighthouses -- Ohio -- Fairport. | Court records -- Ohio -- Geauga County. | Court records -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County. | Court records -- Connecticut -- New London County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Severance Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | | Dates: | 1826-1989 | | | | Abstract: | The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of historical and biographical data on various family members; diaries and travel journals, especially of Julia Severance Millikin and her mother, Emily Allen Severance; correspondence, especially between Julia and her mother, Emily Severance; wills, genealogical notes, deeds, notices of events, and newspaper clippings. Among the correspondence are numerous letters from Julia's friends from Wells College. The collection also includes a certificate appointing John Walworth collector for the district of Erie, 1806, and a journal kept by Dudley Allen detailing early medical practice in the area. There is also material on author Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his voyage around the world, which included Solon and Emily Severance, and became the basis of his novel "The Innocents Abroad". | | | | Call #: | MS 4558 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Severance family. | Allen family. | Long family. | Millikin family. | Nash family. | Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. | Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. | Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 | Long, David, 1787-1851. | Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. | Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. | Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. | Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. | Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. | Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. | Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | Wells College. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women college graduates -- Correspondence. | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Voyages and travels. | Voyages around the world. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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